Biography - Season 9 / Year 1996
Season 9 / Year 1996
Episodes
Carol Burnett: Just to Have a Laugh
Jeffrey Dahmer: The Monster Within
Carl Sagan: A Cosmic Celebrity
Sir Isaac Newton - The Gravity of Genius
Richard Pryor: Comic On The Edge
Gary Gilmore: A Fight to Die
The Boston Strangler
Alexander Graham Bell: Voice Of Invention
Stonewall Jackson
Dwight D. Eisenhower: Supreme Commander in Chief
Admiral Chester Nimitz: Thunder of the Pacific
Mark Twain: His Amazing Adventures
Adam & Eve: Lost Innocence
Samson and Delilah: Love and Betrayal
Mary of Nazareth: A Mother's Life
Amelia Earhart
Born: Amelia Mary Earhart on July 24, 1897; Disappeared July 2, 1937; Declared dead January 5, 1939, was an American aviation pioneer and writer. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic. She set many other records, was one of the first aviators to promote commercial air travel, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of "The Ninety-Nines", an organization for female pilots.
Abraham Lincoln: Preserving the Union
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John F. Kennedy: A Personal Story
Theodore Roosevelt: Roughrider to Rushmore
Richard Nixon: The Man and the President
Gypsy Rose Lee: Naked Ambition
James Brown: The Godfather of Soul
Mussolini: Italy's Nightmare
Joseph Stalin: Red Terror
Hatfields & McCoys: An American Feud
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Edward VIII: The Traitor King
Betty Boop: Queen of Cartoons
J. Pierpont Morgan: Emperor of Wall Street
The Astors: High Society
Tyrone Power: The Last Idol
Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace
Howard Stern: Radio Rebel
The Earp Brothers: Lawmen of the West
Buffalo Bill: Showman of the West
Thomas Edison: Father of Invention
Bud Abbott & Lou Costello: Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
The Menendez Brothers: Sins of the Children
General Omar Bradley
Heidi Fleiss Hollywood Madam
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Geronimo: The Last Renegade
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